Opportunity Pakistan – Commission, Conference, Report & Policy Paper

In September 2013, fifteen people (Commissioners) from Australia, Italy, Pakistan and the United Kingdom, embarked on a journey to a country which for many was an entirely new experience to take part in the i-genius Commission on Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The aim was to discover the true story of a country which much has been written about but few, outsiders at least, have understood. The prism of this journey was social entrepreneurship – a form of business whereby the initiators explicitly seek to develop businesses to achieve a social or environmental benefit.

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In 2014, i-­genius in partnership with the Loop Global Management organised a conference at the University of Lahore, 6-­7 November 2014, to explore how social entrepreneurs and innovators can transform Pakistan’s prospects with a focus on improving social business education, new markets development and impact investment. The conference was a follow-up to the 2013 commission.